#CDAC40#CDAC40

#CDAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC40
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 0.38, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 57.73, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.004 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.13 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8569, 42.8567, 10.9697)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC40 #4061CD

analogous

#CD6540 #CDAC40 #A8CD40

triadic

#CDAC40 #40CDAC #AC40CD

tetradic

#CDAC40 #40CD65 #4061CD #CD40A8

square

#CDAC40 #40CD65 #4061CD #CD40A8

split-complementary

#CDAC40 #40A8CD #6540CD

monochromatic

#74601E #A5882B #CDAC40 #DAC171 #E6D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CDAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC40

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC40	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c47b',
    500: '#cdac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac40;
$custom-light: #e0c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC40

secondary

#96A4D3

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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